The Lawrence Central Bears are taking a road trip to challenge the Southport Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Lawrence Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight losses, while Southport will come in with five straight wins.
Lawrence Central lost 3-0 to Indianapolis Bishop Chatard on Monday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-9, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Southport hadn't done well against North Central recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Everything went Southport's way against North Central as Southport made off with a 3-0 victory.
Southport's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping North Central between 18 and 19 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-18, 25-19.
Southport can attribute much of their success to Aliana Par, who had nine digs, and Arianna Neese, who had nine digs.
Lawrence Central's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Southport, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Lawrence Central suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Southport when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Lawrence Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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